All Posts by Melody Wilding

We're all guilty of occasionally acting in passive-aggressive ways
at work. We may use humor to deflect criticism, half-heartedly say
yes when we mean no or signal disinterest by waiting days
before replying to an email. Identifying passive aggressive people
usually isn't hard. They're the colleagues whose snide
comments make your blood boil. Their pench
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You've rehearsed every interview question in the book. Your suit is
dry-cleaned. Your bag is stocked with extra pens, just in case. You
seem to have all the pieces in place. Now the anxiety starts to
build. How do you knock an employer's socks off once you enter the
gauntlet? In today's competitive market, it's not enough to have a
great cover letter and pristine resume. Most job seekers make the
mistake of devoting too much time to prepping documents and
tweaking their elevator speech,...
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Making decisions-especially the kind that lead to high-quality
outcomes-can be wearing. And any number of factors can affect your
ability to do so-including the time of day that you're making those
decisions. While there's no shortage of tricks and tips to hack
your way to more innovative thinking, timing is everything, says
sleep doctor Dr. Michael Breus, author of The Power
of When. He believes that working in sync with our body's natural
clock is the key to unlocking success to produce...
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You're sitting in a meeting and a co-worker takes credit for your
idea. Or maybe you stay late to finish a project, but your name is
left off of the final presentation. Your boss grabs the limelight
and accepts all the praise. Even if you work in a company that
encourages collaboration, some people still go too far and
inappropriately monopolize work as their own, never crediting
others. It's infuriating when someone blatantly rips off your
ideas. It feels wrong. Unfair. You want justice...
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